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"KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 11:12

http://www.insertcredit.com/news/e3_2004/kof-mi/kof-mi.html

"First you get the stage intro, where your opponent comes forward to meet you. Ralf, who has been lying on a container, springs up, calls to your character, jumps down to the playfield, and struts forward. Next, while the game loads, you get the versus screen. While you read the opponent's full name ("Ryo Sakazaki", compared to just "Ryo"), and a short quote, the opponent says something to you. After this comes the standard character intros and the start of the match."

"I have spent several hours with the game at this point, and I believe this is probably both the most ambitious and the most successful project SNK has undertaken since the NeoGeo itself. That it is competent, and playable, is impressive enough. That it is actually a good, well-considered, energetic, fun game on its own right -- even in its current, incomplete stage -- is a revelation."

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Phoenix

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"Re(4):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 11:44

You realize that you just made me late for church don't you? I had to actually read the entire article from beginning to end. Wow, I'm actually getting quite pumped and excited about this. I just feel like busting out a bustawolf as MOTW Terry on Geese or something...and it sounds like Noisefactory did another awesome job with the game's music. Anyhow, I gotta run cuz I'm late. TTYL.

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RugalBernstein

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"Re(4):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 11:48

Woooo! Yeah, I'm looking forward to this... and finally, there might be another SNK game with music that doesn't suck.. X-D

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"Re(5):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 12:21

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Woooo! Yeah, I'm looking forward to this... and finally, there might be another SNK game with music that doesn't suck.. X-D

Yeah,really huh? Of course,I still have yet to hear SS0's or KOF 2k3's music. But I did like Samurai Showdown 2's.

Wow,the box shot for this game is awesome. I'm guessing that's the backs of Alba and Soiree?

I'm excited for this game. I'll be buying it for sure.

quote:
Maximum Impact does, in no way, suck. While it is no Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (and what is?), this is a damned good game.

Ah,this is even more good news. I wonder if they've reported any serious bugs yet?

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"Re(6):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 13:33

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Yeah,really huh? Of course,I still have yet to hear SS0's or KOF 2k3's music. But I did like Samurai Showdown 2's.

Umm.. most old SNK games HAD good music, it's only since they lost the original sound team that it has been bad...

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Toxico

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"Re(7):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 13:44

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Yeah,really huh? Of course,I still have yet to hear SS0's or KOF 2k3's music. But I did like Samurai Showdown 2's.
Umm.. most old SNK games HAD good music, it's only since they lost the original sound team that it has been bad...

That was pre-98; right?? I still remember the good old POW tunes ;)

For the record I'm amazed that this game doesn't bites and well, Pheonix by this time you should realize that church is in fact evil ;)

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"Re(7):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 14:08

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Yeah,really huh? Of course,I still have yet to hear SS0's or KOF 2k3's music. But I did like Samurai Showdown 2's.
Umm.. most old SNK games HAD good music, it's only since they lost the original sound team that it has been bad...

I can't say for sure, but I think 2k3's music was done by the old sound team. It definitely uses the better old instrument samples at least, as opposed to 2k1 and 2k2's cruddy samples.

Ishmael

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"Re(8):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 14:16

Nice article. I especially liked the observation that SNK has been trying to make sort-of 3D playing games for years. Are there going to be moves to twart sidestepping, such as the way Terry's Round Wave would catch people no matter what plane they were on in RBFF?

Grave

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"Re(9):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 14:29

This is the most excited I've been for an SNK product since... well, it's been a while.

Okay! Since SvC. Fine, I admit it. Still, I'm very excited to try this, and I'm more excited to see how it does in domestic sales. I can see this as being a breakthrough KOF for the US market, if it's as good as they say.

Undead Fred

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"Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 15:14

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This is the most excited I've been for an SNK product since... well, it's been a while.

Okay! Since SvC. Fine, I admit it. Still, I'm very excited to try this, and I'm more excited to see how it does in domestic sales. I can see this as being a breakthrough KOF for the US market, if it's as good as they say.

Yeah, I think this game's sounding good so far, too. I'm still crossing my fingers that I'll get a 3D Yamazaki, but I'm not sure if I've got the KOF MI link any more, and I know I haven't checked back in a while, so...

(argh... you mention SVC, and I thought of that Sony policy that's keeping me from getting my home version, and I KNOW this 3D won't have that same problem coming to the consoles just because it's in 3D...)

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Phoenix

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"Re(8):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 15:24

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That was pre-98; right?? I still remember the good old POW tunes ;)

For the record I'm amazed that this game doesn't bites and well, Pheonix by this time you should realize that church is in fact evil ;)

LOLs at Toxico, well I had a great time at church today. Even though I probably looked positively bored and/or depressed I'm sure glad I went.

I think there were only like 1 or 2 people behind 2k3's soundtrack. But it sure sounds a lot better than 2k2. The improvement from 2k2 to 2k3 is about the same as 2k1 to 2k2. Does this mean this trend will continue for 2k4?

I also hear that Noise Factory's ROTD soundtrack is killer.

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Grave

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"Re(2):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 17:06

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Yeah, I think this game's sounding good so far, too. I'm still crossing my fingers that I'll get a 3D Yamazaki, but I'm not sure if I've got the KOF MI link any more, and I know I haven't checked back in a while, so...

(argh... you mention SVC, and I thought of that Sony policy that's keeping me from getting my home version, and I KNOW this 3D won't have that same problem coming to the consoles just because it's in 3D...)

3D Yamazaki would be badass... I like the style of characters a lot, though seeing a semi-realistic looking Rock Howard is really weird to me. Even if the character roster isn't that big, I'm really happy with what's announced so far, and there seems to be something to please everybody. Oldschool Ikari costumes? Old and new Kyo and Terry costumes is also an awesome thing to have.

Granted, hearing about how KOF plays in 3D is one thing... playing it is another, and argh! I want to play it now.

Oh, and speaking of SvC Chaos, you know it's coming to Xbox Live, right? The game didn't hold up long-term with me in arcade play, I got kind of tired of it, but I'm going to buy it anyway if it's not too laggy. GGX2#R is coming to Xbox Live soon, too... not to mention 3rd Strike and HSF2T. It seems like everything Sony shuffles their feet on is going to Xbox in the US, and considering all of them have netplay, I'm not complaining...

But yeah, it'll be nice to see this get released in the US without a hitch.

Phoenix

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"Re(3):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 17:16

Yeah...I got a X-Box primarily to play 2k2 and SS0S on Live. I can't wait...

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DarkZero

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"Re(4):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 18:22

Unlike the main KOF series, yet like its predecessor Fatal Fury, matches in MI are traditional one-on-one, best-of-three affairs.

Every other article I've read about this game so far has said that the 3-on-3 mode simply hasn't been implemented yet, but that it will be there and that it will probably be the default mode. I'm not sure if this changed or if the author simply didn't know about it.

Fat Cat Lim
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"Re: The text" , posted Sun 23 May 19:23

quote:
http://www.insertcredit.com/news/e3_2004/kof-mi/kof-mi.html

Since I don't post at the IC forums and I know either Brandon or Eric-Jon visit this message board, I hope they can elaborate on the voice acting (if there were any) and whether if they know KOF:MI will be subtitled or dubbed in the final PAL/NTSC version.

Thanks.

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Undead Fred

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"Re(3):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 19:34

quote:
3D Yamazaki would be badass... I like the style of characters a lot, though seeing a semi-realistic looking Rock Howard is really weird to me. Even if the character roster isn't that big, I'm really happy with what's announced so far, and there seems to be something to please everybody. Oldschool Ikari costumes? Old and new Kyo and Terry costumes is also an awesome thing to have.

Granted, hearing about how KOF plays in 3D is one thing... playing it is another, and argh! I want to play it now.

Oh, and speaking of SvC Chaos, you know it's coming to Xbox Live, right? The game didn't hold up long-term with me in arcade play, I got kind of tired of it, but I'm going to buy it anyway if it's not too laggy. GGX2#R is coming to Xbox Live soon, too... not to mention 3rd Strike and HSF2T. It seems like everything Sony shuffles their feet on is going to Xbox in the US, and considering all of them have netplay, I'm not complaining...

But yeah, it'll be nice to see this get released in the US without a hitch.

Ah, okay cool. I had heard that SVC was coming to XBox, but I had both not heard any kind of confirmation (not that there wasn't any, but all I had gotten was "I think, I guess" about it), and I had also forgotten about it. Good to know, though!

I need to get an arcade-style joystick for the XBox... I'll probably never get to play on Live, but I still want a joystick for the fighting games I want.

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Ammadeau

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"Re(5):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 20:09

quote:
Every other article I've read about this game so far has said that the 3-on-3 mode simply hasn't been implemented yet, but that it will be there and that it will probably be the default mode. I'm not sure if this changed or if the author simply didn't know about it.

3v3 was an option under versus on the E3 demo, but it was greyed out and couldn't be tried, so say other reports on the game. However, it did not look like it would be the default.

Updated when I can... which isn't very often. ^_^;;

Luisinan

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"Re(6):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 20:33

What are the load times on this game? I'm gonna be gettting a PS2 real soon but I'm curious what are the average load times on the system.

Anyone know what the load times are for Disagaea(sp?), Transformers Armada, Virtua Fighter 4?

Thanks.

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Phoenix

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"Re(7):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 21:04

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What are the load times on this game? I'm gonna be gettting a PS2 real soon but I'm curious what are the average load times on the system.

Anyone know what the load times are for Disagaea(sp?), Transformers Armada, Virtua Fighter 4?

Thanks.

Well, I have Disgaea and VF4 on PS2 and the load times are not noticeable. I would assume the same for MI.

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Ammadeau

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"Re(7):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Sun 23 May 22:18

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What are the load times on this game? I'm gonna be gettting a PS2 real soon but I'm curious what are the average load times on the system.

Anyone know what the load times are for Disagaea(sp?), Transformers Armada, Virtua Fighter 4?

Depends if the game is cd or dvd based.
cd based games take their sweet time, while dvd ones are quick, though varies from game to game.

Updated when I can... which isn't very often. ^_^;;

exodus

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"Re(8):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Mon 24 May 00:34

quote:
What are the load times on this game?

pretty hardcore right now, but it's only 70% complete.

Also, this is not a review!! it's a preview, so keep that in mind...

I personally couldn't hear the voices too well, but they sounded pretty normal. If they were re-recorded for returning characters, it was really hard to tell. But the new characters seemed to fit well within the universe, except the lil girly girl whose name I can't be arsed to remember. She feels more like H-game fodder than a fighting character.

Ikari Loona
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"Re(9):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Mon 24 May 07:06

"From the beginning, SNK has tried to spruce up 2D fighters by incorporating elements of three-dimensionality. With 1991's Fatal Fury, SNK introduced the idea of multi-planar fighting, where the characters may step along a Z axis, into or out of the screen. The King of Fighters '96 adapted the idea of a sidestep for a single plane: press two buttons, and dodge into the background for a moment, to avoid being hit."

KoF94 already had a sidestep move - it just didn't allow a character to move forward or back during it, but it was already useful enough to discourage projectile abuse (something most of SNK's games have attempted to do in one way or another since FF1).

There's also a typo in a text, where "Kusanagi" is spelled "Kusanai"... The IC folk might want to correct that...

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exodus

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"Re(10):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Mon 24 May 10:23

thanks for the kusanagi correction!

Undead Fred

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"Re(10):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Mon 24 May 16:39

quote:
KoF94 already had a sidestep move - it just didn't allow a character to move forward or back during it, but it was already useful enough to discourage projectile abuse (something most of SNK's games have attempted to do in one way or another since FF1).

I am a VERY big supporter of features that discourage projectile abuse. Even better is characters that can punish projectile abusers (Yamazaki, Athena, etc.)...

BLAGGO

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"Re(4):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Tue 25 May 05:35

quote:
http://www.insertcredit.com/news/e3_2004/kof-mi/kof-mi.html

Really cool.
Wonder what kind of features the PS2 version will have. Or is it PS2 exclusive?

Ishmael

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"Re(2):Re(10):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) R" , posted Tue 25 May 05:47

quote:

I am a VERY big supporter of features that discourage projectile abuse. Even better is characters that can punish projectile abusers (Yamazaki, Athena, etc.)...

"Psycho BAAAAALL!!!" I know Athena has other moves such as her reflector and her throw herself out of the air moves that can discourage fireball abuse but when I think about her character it's that ear splitting projectile incantation that first comes to mind.

beto

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"New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit)" , posted Tue 25 May 19:05

New pics:

http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/567/567896/imgs_1.html

Undead Fred

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"Re(3):Re(10):Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) R" , posted Tue 25 May 20:04

quote:
"Psycho BAAAAALL!!!" I know Athena has other moves such as her reflector and her throw herself out of the air moves that can discourage fireball abuse but when I think about her character it's that ear splitting projectile incantation that first comes to mind.

Heh heh. Yeah, that's understandable.... There are certain years in KoF where Athena's totally un-useable just because of her voice actress.

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Jigsaw
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"Re(1):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Wed 26 May 00:52

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New pics:

http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/567/567896/imgs_1.html

What happened to Ryo's face? He looks really weird in his portrait pic.
Schoolboy Kyo looks great. Ikari Ralf looks like Alex.

Grave

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"Re(2):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Wed 26 May 00:56

I'm actually alarmed with how increasingly excited I get to try this game. It really looks like there's a lot of love and effort going into this game.

Treepull Aitch

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"In ya FACE!" , posted Wed 26 May 03:04

Looking at the screenshot of K's heat-ring-thing gives me the impression that if fireballs are dodgeable, characters will be so close together that it'd take Zatoichi-like reflexes.

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And that seema to the Buriki One, middle-aged Ryo.

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snkneoshingo2k3
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"Re(1):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Wed 26 May 03:18

quote:
New pics:

http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/567/567896/imgs_1.html

Hey guys,I'm here to report on two irrelevant,but good to know,news tidbits.
Sammy have just opened their site on KOF Neo Wave(it's just the index page for now):www.sammy.co.jp/japanese/product/amusement/atomiswave/kof/index.html
And the upcoming issue of Arcadia magazine,out this weekend,will feature Capcom Fighting Jam.That's all there is for now.See you later,dudes!

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"Re(2):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Wed 26 May 04:18

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Hey guys,I'm here to report on two irrelevant,but good to know,news tidbits.
Sammy have just opened their site on KOF Neo Wave(it's just the index page for now):www.sammy.co.jp/japanese/product/amusement/atomiswave/kof/index.html
And the upcoming issue of Arcadia magazine,out this weekend,will feature Capcom Fighting Jam.That's all there is for now.See you later,dudes!

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snkneoshingo2k3
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"Re(3):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Wed 26 May 04:42:

quote:
Hey guys,I'm here to report on two irrelevant,but good to know,news tidbits.
Sammy have just opened their site on KOF Neo Wave(it's just the index page for now):www.sammy.co.jp/japanese/product/amusement/atomiswave/kof/index.html
And the upcoming issue of Arcadia magazine,out this weekend,will feature Capcom Fighting Jam.That's all there is for now.See you later,dudes!
Link Here

Oh well,so much for being a source of information if,like I said,the info I find out for you to know,is just nothing but shit.Later.
PS.I'm actually surprised that KOF Neo Wave is the cover game for the 50th Arcadia magazine.This weekend should be really interesting to follow.

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[this message was edited by snkneoshingo2k3 on Wed 26 May 06:04]

Ishmael

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"Re(4):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Wed 26 May 06:59

Here I was hoping that Ralf would have on the red pants [or was he in the blue pants?] that he had in the first IW but the idea that he's gone back to dressing in Rambo-esque fetish wear is crazy enough as is. For a time there it seemed every other video game featured a shirtless, oily muscleman running around with a machine gun in each hand. Now that's become a retro look. Nostalgia is a strange thing.

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"Re(5):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Wed 26 May 13:45

quote:
Here I was hoping that Ralf would have on the red pants [or was he in the blue pants?] that he had in the first IW but the idea that he's gone back to dressing in Rambo-esque fetish wear is crazy enough as is. For a time there it seemed every other video game featured a shirtless, oily muscleman running around with a machine gun in each hand. Now that's become a retro look. Nostalgia is a strange thing.

Nope, both "Paul" and "Vince" wore black pants and simply had different colored headbands ... of course back in the NES days black could be anything (Mario's sprite had black overalls in every NES game except the first one). I don't -exactly- recall but I believe Ralf wore red pants in Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road ... which is best left forgotten. Then it got funky in Ikari III: the Rescue, when Ralf wore blue and Clark wore green. I personally think they looked best in the '96 alternate load art ... the expressions on Ralf and Clark's faces are priceless.

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"Re(5):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Wed 26 May 14:00

quote:
Or is it PS2 exclusive?

yep, exclusive.

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"Re(8):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Wed 26 May 17:51

quote:
Yeah,really huh? Of course,I still have yet to hear SS0's or KOF 2k3's music. But I did like Samurai Showdown 2's.
Umm.. most old SNK games HAD good music, it's only since they lost the original sound team that it has been bad...

I can't say for sure, but I think 2k3's music was done by the old sound team. It definitely uses the better old instrument samples at least, as opposed to 2k1 and 2k2's cruddy samples.

Original sound team left after KOF '00. KOF '01's music was done by a totally new crew (and it shows), and KOF '02's music was done by a mix of new and old (Tate Norio returned), but still used shotty sound samples. KOF '03 features the SvC style sound samples with Tate as lead composer with a new guy who's name escapes me, and is definetely a big step to their old glory.

I'm a bit worried that MI's soundtrack will veer too close to GGXX's style music and loose its identify. Not to mention that heavy metal never really worked with KOF, with the exception of the various Ikari themes and whatnot.

Siegfried

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"Re(9):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Wed 26 May 19:50

Well, Noise Factory are doing it, right? If they can bring out a soundtrack anywhere near Matrimelee's, this might just be the best game ever.

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"Re(10):KOF Maximum Impact (3D) Review" , posted Thu 27 May 02:32

Noise Factory generally has a great track record when it comes to game soundtracks, so yeah, KOF:MI's will probably end up decent at the very least.

Ishmael

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"Re(6):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Fri 28 May 06:29

quote:
Nope, both "Paul" and "Vince" wore black pants and simply had different colored headbands ... of course back in the NES days black could be anything (Mario's sprite had black overalls in every NES game except the first one). I don't -exactly- recall but I believe Ralf wore red pants in Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road ... which is best left forgotten. Then it got funky in Ikari III: the Rescue, when Ralf wore blue and Clark wore green. I personally think they looked best in the '96 alternate load art ... the expressions on Ralf and Clark's faces are priceless.

Duh, that's right, I was getting the marquee confused with the in-game graphics again. I should know better since at that point in time the two rarely had anything to do with each other.

Dash no Chris

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"Marquee image vs. Screen image" , posted Fri 28 May 12:00

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I should know better since at that point in time the two rarely had anything to do with each other.

Advantage: marquee -- since the Ikari series marquees were illustrated by Frank Cirocco, a fave of mine (the original artist on Epic Comics' "Alien Legion" series, he did the arcade marquee and NES box illustrations for countless game in the mid-to-late '80s, including Karnov, Hippodrome, and Final Fight).

Spoon

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"Re(6):New pics (including Ralf´s Ikari outfit" , posted Fri 28 May 16:26

quote:
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road ... which is best left forgotten.

When I bought my NES used off a friend, he also gave us what games he didn't already sell off... after playing through all of those games, I had nothing left but Ikari Warriors 2.

What scared me is not only how much I ended up playing that game in spite of how much I used to hate it, but that I could actually beat that game. Boomerang = top tier, except against boss enemies that can only be hurt by explosions.

Ishmael

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"Re(1):Marquee image vs. Screen image" , posted Sat 29 May 13:54

quote:

Advantage: marquee -- since the Ikari series marquees were illustrated by Frank Cirocco, a fave of mine (the original artist on Epic Comics' "Alien Legion" series, he did the arcade marquee and NES box illustrations for countless game in the mid-to-late '80s, including Karnov, Hippodrome, and Final Fight).

I did not know that. At that point in time I thought that only anonymous in-staff artists were doing arcade game marquee art. Is there a listing somewhere of who worked on various arcade or pinball games?